The work on this biography is carried out in collaboration with the Instagram page “Qoman Sij”, based on information received from the former deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Ilyas Musaev, verified with the sources at our disposal

Aidmar Timurovich Abalaev, a Chechen statesman and military leader, served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Sharia Security Council of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Born in Nozhai Yurt in 1964, he belonged to the Chechen teip (Clan) Saysano. A descendant of Alibek-Khadzhi Aldamov, the imam of the North Caucasus and the initiator of the 1877 uprising in Chechnya and Dagestan. During the First Chechen War, he fought in his native village Nozhai-Yurt region, commanding the Mountain Rifle Unit of the Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion, and also participated in the defense of Grozny.

On January 9, 1996, on the personal instructions of Dzhokhar Dudayev, units under the command of Salman Raduev, along with other well-known Commanders: Khunkar Israpilov, Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev, he took an active part in the raid in the city of Kizlyar. In 1996, he also participated in the successful military Counter-Attack operation to recapture Grozny from the Russian Terrorists. After the battle, Abalaev was awarded the highest Order of the CHRI “Qoman Sij” (Honor of the Nation) and received the rank of Brigadier General. He was a presidential candidate in the 1997 elections in the CRI and received slightly less than 1% of the votes.

At the end of 1998, he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of the Sharia Security of the ChRI in the government of Aslan Maskhadov. After a meeting of the Military Council of the Armed Forces of the ChRI, held on April 30, 2002, under the leadership of the President of the ChRI, Aslan Maskhadov, Aidamir Abalaev, along with other Chechen commanders, was sent to one of his military bases.

On May 1, 2002, Abalaev’s unit was ambushed by fighters from Yamadayev’s terror gang for special operations together with the Russian unit of the FSB Directorate. Aidamir Abalaev, field commanders Colonel Vashev and Major Uvaisaev offered the Russian intelligence officers to surrender without a fight. The Chechen commanders responded with fire from machine guns and grenade launchers. The battle occurred near the village of Sayasan, Nozhai-Yurtovsky district (his native village). According to FSB Colonel Shubalkin, Abalaev’s corpse was identified by his relatives. He died from a bullet wound received in the left side of the chest. Military doctors tried to help him, but Abalaev, without regaining consciousness, died half an hour after being wounded on May 1, 2002.